The Wall That Heals - Battle Creek

08/27/2026

08/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who has tagged us in photos and videos from their visit this week. We appreciate you sharing those with the rest of us. It’s been a very emotional and inspiring week for many of us. We hope you feel the same way. God bless you. Thank you for joining us as we honored our Vietnam veterans and their families.

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08/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the Closing Ceremony for The Wall That Heals. It was great to have the Hooligan’s Flight Team, Fort Custer Honor Guard, and Kalamazoo Pipe Band join us to make it a special event as we prepare to bid farewell to the traveling replica of The Wall. We were also able to enjoy a brief visit from American Huey 369 before the playing of Taps to close out the ceremony.

We hope everyone in the community had the opportunity to visit The Wall during its stay in Southwest Michigan. We have a wonderful team of volunteers preparing to disassemble the memorial site and load it back onto the truck and trailer so it can travel to its next destination in Ohio.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and community stakeholders that helped make this event happen. It has been an incredible experience. Thank you for helping us honor our Vietnam veterans and their families. May God bless our community. And may God bless the United States of America.

08/23/2026

American Huey 369 and Taps during the Closing Ceremony

08/23/2026

📢 📣 Many Hands Make Light Work 📣📢

We are asking our community to come out and support us one last time. The Wall That Heals will be closing this afternoon at 2:00PM. At that time, we will have volunteers help us disassemble The Wall and load it onto the truck.

Packing up the site will take approximately three hours. Fortunately, it is a much quicker process than setting up the site towards the beginning of the event. We are asking for our community to come out to the soccer field complex at Harper Creek High School to help us break down the memorial from 2:00-5:00PM this afternoon.

Please reach out to a local youth sports team, church group, or other organization and ask them to come out for a few hours this afternoon to help us pack up The Wall and send the truck and trailer in its way to its next destination. Thank you for helping us spread the word!

08/23/2026

Blessed with a rainbow on our final morning with The Wall That Heals at Harper Creek High School.

08/23/2026

Tonight is our final night hosting The Wall That Heals in Battle Creek, Michigan. This Memorial has offered our community an opportunity to honor, reflect, and heal. It’s difficult to put into words what The Wall means to so many of us. Sometimes words aren’t needed at all. Over the last few days we’ve had visitors come up to us with tears in their eyes and throw their arms around us. Sometimes it’s just a head nod or a handshake. Those actions alone speak volumes.

Visitors are welcome to continue visiting The Wall between now and tomorrow afternoon. We will be holding our Closing Ceremony at 1:30PM. All three helicopters from American Huey 369 will then maneuver over to The Wall and hover over the Memorial for a photo opportunity. We will then close The Wall at 2:00PM so our volunteers can begin tearing down the site and loading it onto the truck and trailer ahead of its upcoming trip to Ohio.

Thank you for taking the time to support this event. You’ve helped make it a memorable experience for so many of us. God bless.

08/23/2026

Playing of Taps - Saturday 08/22/2026

08/22/2026